Outspoken fighters Ben Askren and Colby Covington did not pull their punches of their evaluation of the Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal title struggle at UFC 251 because the pair criticized the struggle on social media.
Former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion Askren took the primary pot-shot at Usman and Masvidal for his or her fundamental occasion matchup on “UFC Battle Island,” which Usman received through unanimous choice with scores of 50-45, 50-45, 49-46.
Askren misplaced his unbeaten report, and a good diploma of dignity, when Masvidal knocked him out in simply 5 seconds at UFC 239 final summer season. However the now-retired fighter took goal at his former rival and UFC champ Usman with a withering six-word evaluation of their title conflict.
“This struggle is boring as sh*t,” he tweeted.
This struggle is boring as shit
— Funky (@Benaskren) July 12, 2020
Askren’s tweet was met by a combined response, as one fan highlighted Usman’s foot stomp-heavy strategy to his clinch work, as he replied, “You paid cash to observe some man step on one other man’s toes for 25 minutes.”
One other responded by reminding Askren of his struggle with Masvidal, tweeting, “24 minutes and 55 seconds longer than whenever you fought him.”
He was joined by one other fan, who provided, “Your struggle with Masvidal was approach higher.”
Askren wasn’t alone in his criticism of the struggle. The final man to face Usman, former interim champ Covington mocked the leisure worth of the motion on present, tweeting, “Barn burner. Immediate traditional. Who may’ve seen that coming? #ufc251”
Barn burner. Immediate traditional. Who may’ve seen that coming? #ufc251
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) July 12, 2020
Covington obtained loads of pointed replies, with one fan saying “A minimum of he did not get his jaw damaged.”
One other tweeted, “Man took the struggle on 6 days and nonetheless did higher than you.”
Whereas Askren is out of the image following his retirement, Covington may be very a lot within the combine, and is pushing exhausting for a rematch with Usman following their epic conflict at UFC 245 final December.
Usman received the struggle through fifth-round TKO stoppage in a struggle that noticed the champion go away Covington with a damaged jaw.
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